Disorderly.

Chaos stems from unpreparedness, and defenselessness stems from the unexpectedness of things.

Xiaoxiankou is still 700 miles away from the border between the two countries, desolate and inaccessible, and it can be regarded as a hidden place. In such a remote place where no people are there and there is no smoke, in the middle of the night, a sudden attack of an enemy army will be expected, how can it be on guard? How can it not be chaotic?

The territory of Shatuo is vast, nearly twice that of Dahua, but the number of people is less than three-thirds of Dahua. Shatuo country is wide and flat, there are few hills, mountains, very suitable for farming, is to all dynasties are heavy agriculture and light industry. There were only three salt mines in the border, and the salt production was extremely limited, far from civilian use, and the shortage was due to the purchase of salt merchants from Dahua and Turk by the imperial caravans. Fortunately, Shatuo produces a surplus of rice and grain every year, and it is not a loss to sell rice and buy salt. For a long time, Dahua grain merchants bought rice from Shatuo, and the Shatuo court bought salt from Dahua salt merchants, and they had dealings with each other, but they were also harmonious.

The change happened last year.

At the beginning of last year, the Shatuo court suddenly discovered that the major gangs in Dahua that traded in private salt did not sell salt to Shatuo's caravans. I took great pains to buy it, but the amount was pitiful, and the price was more than twice as high as usual. This surprise was really not trivial, and the imperial court hurriedly sent people to investigate. Only then did it become known that the newly appointed Salt Transport Administration had blocked the supply of illicit salt, and several major Dahua gangs engaged in illegal salt trading could no longer buy salt from the Salt Transport Administration at a low price. For a time, the amount of illicit salt decreased greatly, and the price naturally rose. The Shatuo court sent several groups of people, both soft and hard, but they couldn't take Mei Siyuan. So much so that he did not hesitate to send killers frequently, wanting to put him to death, but he has not been able to do so. As a last resort, the Shatuo court had no choice but to buy salt from the farther Turkic countries. Although the distance is twice as long, and the price is much more expensive, fortunately, the supply is sufficient, and it can finally continue to be used for civilian use.

However, at the end of last year, the Turkic State suddenly cut off the trade of illicit salt on the grounds of the shortage of domestic salt, and no longer sold salt to the Shatuo Kingdom.

Domestic salt production was hopeless for a while, and the purchase of salt was blocked many times, and the salt used by the whole people was precarious, and the emperor of Shatuo Kingdom, Pubayin, panicked.

It should be known that salt was the most important commodity in circulation in various countries at that time, and its weight was far greater than that of rice, silk, porcelain, spices, etc. Rice grain can be produced by itself, silk can be left unworn, and porcelain spices can be dispensed without. But no one can afford not to eat salt, and there is no substitute for salt for a while. Salt deficiency can cause illness, and long-term salt deficiency can cause death.

At this time, the envoys of the three kingdoms of the Turkic Kingdom, the Snow Country, and the Xian Ma Kingdom came to lobby together. As long as the Shatuo Kingdom sent troops to capture Anham County, the Turkic State would send troops to Pinan County to contain the southern Dahua army, and the Snow Kingdom would send troops to Baoguo County to contain the northern Dahua army, which would definitely make them powerless to take care of each other. It was also agreed that in the end, the Shatuo Kingdom would occupy Anxian County and Zhubei County, the Turkic Kingdom would occupy Sheng County and Pinan County, and the Snow Country would occupy Binghu County and Baoguo County, and there would be no conflict between them. And once the Shatuo Kingdom, the Turkic Kingdom, and the Snow Kingdom are completed, the Xian Ma Kingdom will also send troops from Chunan County to occupy the two counties of Chunan and Qingxi. The three kingdoms all know that Shatuo is trapped in a shortage of salt, and the most urgent thing is to provoke Pubayin to take the lead in sending troops. And the reason why Xian Ma Guo finally sent troops was because Xian Ma Guo had the weakest national strength among the four countries, and he did not dare to take risks easily, and he had to wait until the Dahua army was contained and weakened before he dared to lead troops forward.

For more than 300 years, Dahua has been the hegemon here, and the power of the four countries is far beyond it. Over the past few hundred years, Dahua has fought countless wars with its neighbors, and without exception, all wars have ended in Dahua's victory. Shikoku and Dahua can be said to have a vendetta and have not been able to report it.

In the past 20 years, Emperor Yonghua has been slow to deal with political affairs, and the three princes have fought openly and secretly to restrain each other, resulting in the rapid weakening of the Dahua state. Neighboring countries took advantage of the situation to recuperate, their politics were clear, and their national strength was enhanced. This is an extremely rare opportunity for the four countries, and it is really a rare opportunity in a century. There are Turkic countries that are instigated by it, and the three countries all have different interests, and the negotiations are really smooth. In order to finally promote the Shatuo State to send troops, the Turkic State even did not hesitate to send people to the capital to attack and kill the important ministers of Dahua, sent people to dig up the Pingzhou dam, artificially created the flood of Pingzhou City, and attacked and killed the soldiers carrying grain at the Pinan outpost, so that the army was short of food, and the generals mutinied. In addition, the Turkic State also sent a lot of money to secretly buy the generals of the Dahua Army.

Although Pubayin is reluctant to take the lead, the lack of salt in the country is difficult to solve, and it may soon become a disaster. It just so happens that Anham County has the two largest salt mines in the five countries today: the Blind Mountain Salt Farm and the Fuzhou Salt Farm. With one disadvantage and one temptation, coupled with the help of the Turkic country, Pubayin finally decided to take a risk, gather the soldiers of half the country, and kill Anxian County.

Chi Hedan, the right general of Shatuo State, was Pubayin's nephew, and he had always had a high prestige in the army, and he received the post of general of this Eastern Expedition.

Chihedan's choice of the military grain storage site in Xiaoxiankou in Katatu can be regarded as very conservative, and he thought that he had made a good decision. Where did I think that on the way to deliver grain, the Shatuo Army's grain convoy encountered the dart team of the Wind Dart Bureau, and the dart team secretly sent people to follow the grain convoy all the way and found the location. What was even more unexpected was that the dart team informed the Dahua government of this critical information, and the government actually sent a team of men and horses to rush thousands of miles to burn and plunder the granary.

All this is really unexpected.

Chihedan didn't expect it, and the 4,000 soldiers and baggage soldiers who were guarding the camp didn't even think of it. Looking at the firelight in the sky, looking at the raging flames swaying in the wind, all the guards panicked. At this time, there was a faint spicy smell in the air, and the guards didn't have time to pay attention to it, and they all inhaled the poisonous gas released by Zhan Tong and the others. The poisonous gas entered the throat, and the trachea was as hot as a burn for a while, and it was really painful. Some of the guards who were slightly less poisoned finally reacted and hurried to the granary to put out the fire. I ran to the fire pond and picked up the bucket to carry water, but found that the buckets had already been broken one by one, and there was no water at all.

Outside the tent, there was another fierce shout of killing, and the guards did not know what was happening? When I searched, I found that the manger had been emptied, the horses had gone, and the armory was locked up, so where could I open it in a hurry?

Zuo General can't find a thousand husbands, a thousand people can't find a hundred people, a hundred people can't find a chief, a chief can't find a soldier... The enemy is getting closer.

"Kill, kill..."

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing came from all directions, and Mei Yuanchen's 1,000 cavalry soldiers traveled more than 2,000 miles, just for this moment. These thousand people, each like a god who destroyed the world, were fierce and fierce, holding a long sword in their hands and slashing at the soldiers of the grain battalion. And where is the slightest resistance of the guards in the midst of the haste? This is destined to be a one-sided night of slaughter.

The howl of a man before he died, piercing the void and sending it out for miles...